Underground Storage Tank Closures

Georgia Oilmen’s Services, Inc. (GOS) coordinates and provides project oversight for underground storage tank (UST) closures.  Responsibilities include notification to the appropriate local and state agencies (Fire Marshall and the Environmental Protection Division’s Underground Storage Tank Management Program), oversight of removal and disposal of UST(s), including contents, associated piping, appurtenances, and contaminated soil.  GOS also collects required soil and, if necessary, groundwater closure confirmation samples.  A Closure Report is prepared for submittal to the Underground Storage Tank Management Program. The report summarizes closure activities and sample results.  Conclusions are presented within the report which provide our professional recommendation.

GOS strives to make the best field decisions to ensure that small jobs remain small.  Often times, it is less expensive to acquire deeper soil samples at a closure site, rather than excavate and dispose of contaminated soil.  GOS works with each tank owner to evaluate the available options.

GOS  has performed hundreds of tank closures throughout Georgia.  Closures have been performed in all manner of site conditions, from open fields to tight confined spaces. GOS has even removed industrial tanks where product lines extended beneath an active railroad track.  We have also removed tanks from military installations in low-lying areas where dewatering was required.

Whatever the situation, we can make your tank closure a successful one.